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Monday, November 11, 2013

Pari Fermier Parc Floral

I'd planned to visit Pari Fermier today, outside Paris in Rambouillet, Bergerie Nationale - a producteurs marche with milking cows and pigs and... But my ride fell through and the buses aren't running because it's a national holiday. I did go last weekend to the Parc FloralPari Fermier at Chateau de Vincennes as a healthy break from the 6-day Salon du Chocolat.

Plenty of giant pommes and NO chocolate.

Their prune-pear jam was very enticing.

As always large and small animals decorate the stands though I would have preferred a few live ones like today at Rambouillet.

These events always look astonishing. I did laugh at your Austria/ostrich sausages. Gougeres filled with chèvre? Yes please. I was surprised that raspberries were still about, I thought it would be too late in the season.

Love that watercolor, Carol--beautiful! I haven't thought about Rambouillet in ages--I was there once years ago. Honey can taste so different depending upon what plants/flowers the bees are dipping into--and it helps you with allergies if you eat local honey, because it helps you develop a tolerance for things you'd otherwise have allergies to. I love that each local apiary has honey that tastes different for that very reason. Your foods have me drooling.

Your reference to ostrich was very funny. Sounds like something that would happen to me. I had escargot and they were delicious, but since then I in a fight to keep them from eating my garden and they no longer have the same appeal. :)

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♥carol gillott♥

l'Ile Saint Louis, Paris, Ile de France, France

Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
My Mom taught me watercolors at 5. I'm still at it, now tripping over cobblestones, living in a 6th-floor garret on l'Ile Saint-Louis, Paris. Read Parisbreakfast with a hot chocolate and croissant.
I paint Paris breakfasts.